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208 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Ch. 174. 1894. _ ¤¤¤¤•¤¤• ¤f Mm- U n a eertiiicate b the Comptroller of the Treasury of any differ- °°°°°°""M°°' encegoascertained by him upon revision the Auditor who shall have audited the account shall state an account of such diiferences, and certify it to the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants, except that balances found and accounts stated as aforesaid by the _Aud1tor for the Post-Oiiice Department for postal revenues and expenditures therefrom shall be certified to the Postmaster-Gegeral. tu t b Aaah) Ampqng y¤¤¤¤¢¤ An rson acce ting yment un er a se emcn y an 1 l' ‘,§§‘.,,,#'§,${,'{,°j£,§?°°h` shall belthereby prelzzludedpiiom obtaining a revision of such settlement as to any items upon which payment is accepted; but_ nothing in this S¤·P¤¤•i¤¤·· Act shall prevent an Auditor irom suspending items in an account in order to obtain further evidence or explanations nece sary to their settlement. When suspended items are iinally settled a revision may be had as in the case of the original settlement. Action upon any account or business shall not be delayed awaiting applications for revision: ?*••i•·- Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall make regulations _ I"‘*'*¤""”"·"‘°· iixing the time which shall expire before a warrant is issued in pay- ment of an account certified as provided in sections seven and eight of this Act. .1¤¤11¤¤•m»:•¤m· The Auditors shall, under the dimction of the Comptroller of the """'“"?‘ Treasury, preserve, with their vouchers and certificates, all accounts which have been iinally adjusted. _ · ¤•¤¤•i¤¤• of Audi- All decisions by Auditors making an original construction or modi-

2: fying an existing construction of statutes shall be forthwith reported

to the Comptroller of the Treasury, and items in any account affected by such decisions shall be suspen ed and payment thereof withheld until the Comptroller of the Treasury shall approve, disapprove, or modify such decisions and certify his actions to the Auditor. All decisions made by the Comptroller of the Treasury under this Act shall be forthwith transmitted to the Auditor or Auditors whose duties are · adected thereby. mQ§:P*{g“•;:vff£ Disbursing officers, or the head of any Executive Department, or _ mound. other establishment not under any of the Executive Departments, may apply for and the Comptroller of the Treasury shall render his decision upon any question involving a payment to be made by them or under them, which decision, when rendered, shall govern the Auditor and the Comptroller of the Treasury in passing upon the account containing said disbursement. it s., mt. nu. mo, Sections one hundred and ninety-one and two hundred and seventy of

  • ’*"°°·“’·“’*’°"’°"" the Revised Statutes are repealed.

wg·*¤g{;¤¤q_;,-Agjl; Sec. 9. This Act, so far as it relates to the First Comptroller of the tam, “Treasury and the several Auditors and Deputy Auditors of the Treasury, shall be held and construed to operate merely as changing their designations and as adding to and modifying their duties and powers, _ and not as creating new officers. A$,T;‘;,‘,‘f' °“““""° All laws not inconsistent with this Act, relating to the Auditors of the Treasury in connection with any matter, shall be understood in each case to relate to the Auditor to whom this Act assigns the business of the Executive Department or other establishments concerned _ _ _ in that matter. nf:?;? EL3'?;; Sec. 10. The Division of Warrants, Estimates, and Appropriations mg statutes. in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby recognized and established as the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants. It shall be nudes. _ under the direction ot the Secretary of the Treasury as heretofore. Upon my;‘;’ljg_*;ig%_r;_?f·P*¤ the books of this division shall be kept all accounts of receipts and xgé s., secs. @:4.::12., expenditures of public money except those relating to the postal reve- _,,,;,;,,f§_ "· "2· m· nues and expenditures therefrom; and section three hundred and thirteen and so much of sections two hundred and eighty-three and thirtysix hundred and seven ty-five of the Revised Statutes as require those accounts to be kept by certain Auditors and the Register of the D¤¤·*¤ ¤¤" R¤si¤=¤¤ Treasury are repealed. The duties of the Register of the Treasury shall be such as are now required of him in connection with the public debt